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The Entrepreneur's Creed

The Entrepreneur’s Creed

I do not choose to be a common man. It is my right to be uncommon – if I can. I seek opportunity – not security. I do not wish to be a kept citizen, humbled and dulled by having the state look after me.

I want to take the calculated risk, to dream and [...]

Gretchen Rubin's manifesto on happiness:

Gretchen Rubin‘s Happiness Manifesto

To be happy, you need to consider feeling good, feeling bad, and feeling right, and an atmosphere of growth.
One of the best ways to make yourself happy is to make other people happy; One of the best ways to make other people happy is to be happy yourself.
The days are long, but the [...]

15 Things That Bob Sutton Believes (and I do too)

Sometimes the best management is no management at all — first do no harm!
Indifference is as important as passion.
In organizational life, you can have influence over others or you can have freedom from others, but you can’t have both at the same time.
Saying smart things and giving smart answers are important. Learning to listen to others [...]

Cashtration?!

Here are the winners of this year’s Washington Post’s Mensa Invitational which once again asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition:

1. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period [...]

EcoCycle needs to hire an economist

Last week I made the effort to properly recycle an old VCR. In Boulder, this means that you dispose of your old electronics at EcoCycle.

First Question: How many people are actually going to sort electronics out of their regular trash stream, and make a separate trip just to dispose of some old electronics?

When I showed [...]

Recent Read: The Mascot

I just finished reading The Mascot: Unraveling the Mystery of My Jewish Father’s Nazi Boyhood. It’s a page burner…and a poignant reminder of how good we all have it. Next time you think life is giving you lemons, remember [...]